In This Best Of All Possible Economies

The recession is hugely useful in justifying all sorts of strange behavior. It’s also a great way to threaten to fire someone.

Witness:

manager: Please sort all 10,000 of those lite-brites according to how they would appear in the Photoshop color palette.

peon: But I was hired to write grants.

manager: In this economy, none of us can afford to be too picky about the exact nature of our job requirements. For example, sometimes I have to change the copier paper.

Here are some other options for your consideration:

In this economy, we shouldn’t sleep together.

In this economy, giving me a speeding ticket would be petty.

In this economy, arresting me for grand larceny would be petty.

In this economy, you shouldn’t haggle over the prices necessary to keep us in business.

Heard any other good ones?

“The Colour Economy” image by blprnt_van.